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The work of collecting oil poured into the Guarapiche River, following last week's spill on Friday, yesterday presented a 50% advance, so the suspension of drinking water service in Maturin, state from Monagas, According to the syndicalist José Bodas
the director of the Single Federation of Petroleum Workers of Venezuela said that the late response of the authorities to the emergency made more complex the collection of 1,000 to 1,500 barrels of oil, and it is necessary that there is no trace left in the river to put into operation the treatment plant, which has been closed since last Saturday. He added that the oil spill had also damaged crops of maize, peanuts and cassava.
Bodas insisted that the industry staff reject the retention of workers from the secondary recovery plant Oriente of the operational complex of Jusepín. who announces that there will be more protests. "These comrades are used as scapegoats by the authorities of Petróleos de Venezuela, when the accident is due to the lack of investment and maintenance facilities."
He pointed out that most oil and gas pipelines have corrosion perforations and that the wrenches and valves do not close properly because they are expired, causing the flow of hydrocarbons to a spill due to pressure changes, such as that recorded in the Guarapiche River.
He insisted that the authorities immediately blame the oil workers because the impact of the spill is obvious, because the oil slick can not be hidden from the fact that more than 140,000 residents of Maturin are without water, which affects the image of the oficialismo before the next municipal council elections.
"Venezuelans are still waiting for PDVSA to announce the results of the invasion and those responsible for the explosion and fire at the Amuay refinery," said the unionist. The incident occurred on August 25, 2012 with 41 people killed and 86 wounded
This was not a sabotage
Thursday, 300 employees of Petróleos de Venezuela protested at the headquarters of Pdvsa Maturín to demand the release of the 4 workers arrested by the spill in the Guarapiche River on Friday, June 6, which were transferred to La Pica prison. Trade unionist Luis Olivares has denied that comrades are sabotaging, since the cause of the accident is the disinvestment and abandonment of oil facilities.
He recalled that the workers had previously warned the PDVSA authorities that a spill could occur if they did not take the forecast of the case. Keith Lucena, leader of the United Petroleum Socialist Union of Venezuela, rejected "the criminalization of the working class" by referring to the defendants' incompetence and non-compliance with the procedures when the spill occurred. is produced.
Yoxianny Báez, PDVSA worker and member of the Legislative Council of Monagas, lamented the "biased militarist type of those who direct the industry." He added that he will propose to the state parliament to appoint a commission to study what has happened.
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